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Decorative textiles from Arab & Islamic cultures. Selected works from the Al Lulwa Collection

Title: Decorative textiles from Arab & Islamic cultures. Selected works from the Al Lulwa Collection / text by Jennifer Wearden.
Author: Wearden, Jennifer Mary
Publication: London : Paul Holberton Publishing, 2016.

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200 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map; 30 cm

Summary

The exceptional collection in this beautiful book ranges widely in region, material and technique. There are textiles and garments from North Africa, Syria, Arabia, Iran, Turkey and the Indian subcontinent linked by a shared vocabulary of ornament; evidence of the international nature of Islamic design. Materials represented are silk; the most prestigious of fibres, requiring highly respected weavers; wool, cotton and linen. Decoration is based on variations of weave and colour and embellishment through embroidery, printing and appliqué and illustrates the work of both professional and domestic workers. The strengths of the collection are concentrated in the textile production of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which, thanks to the basically conservative nature of textile technique and design, preserve and continue the traditions established in the medieval Islamic world. They are important in an assessment of Islamic textiles both for their quality and as illustrations of survival and adaptation in a major industry. Their heritage reaches back well over a thousand years, even though their very high perishability means that for the earlier part of the tradition our knowledge is reliant very largely on written sources. These, however, attest to the superb quality and quantity of textiles at the courts of the period.

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Includes index.

ISBN

9781907372872
1907372873

LCCN

99967018258

OCLC

ocn929592913
929592913
SCSB-5845889

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Columbia University Libraries